Older female being different

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Help! I have a 4 year old female called willow and she had been alone for over a year and had started pulling her fur out so I took her to the vets turns out she has sore leg and they said lonely she was on medication for her leg for a month and she didn't change so I got her two 10 week old females primrose and honey well first 5 days fine cuddled up to them but all of a sudden she rumbles at them sometimes chases tried to nip ones bum but then still wants to groom and cuddle up is it normal? I've never had this happen before I think primrose is scared of her
 
:agr: Sounds normal

what makes you think primrose is scared of her? If she squealing, sounds like she is crying for example - then that isn’t being scared that is submission squealing and her accepting the other piggy is boss
 
Oh so I shouldn't worry about her trying to fight them? primrose tends to stay under this bridge thing doesnt stay out for long and when she does she zooms and is not clingy to willow like the other let them out she hides instead of following this bridge willow lays outside because she can't fit under but primrose avoids her more ive seen willow pick more on primrose but she does groom her she does squeak when willow chases or nips her. I put my baby video camera focussed on the cage to watch them
 
its very important you don't use words like fighting if that isn't what is actually happening. dominance isn't fighting. you are less likely to see sows fight if they are incompatible (a full on fight is more something boars are likely to do if they aren't compatible) but pulling out fur is the sow equivalent of a boar fight, then it means their bond isn't working and they don't like each other which then means they need to be separated and live in separate but side by side cages.
if it is normal dominance behaviours (as detailed in the links Vicki added) then no you don't need to do anything. what you are describing - the chasing and nipping (which is a show of power as it doesn't ever break the skin) is dominance and the squealing is submission. it sounds as if they are in the process of creating their hierarchy and relationship
You mention five days - if they have been together for less than two weeks then the things you are seeing as normal. it takes two weeks after the introduction for the to really sort their relationship out.
 
Yeah nothing to worry about thats how my oldest piggy Tiki I got my 2 other piggies. I got them all almost a year apart from each other and tiki was always the boss. But when I got my youngest ellie, Tiki was showing dominance and scared ellie but ava was there to comfort her
 
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